Memorials - April 5, 2000
Donald Macy Liddell Jr.'28
Donald died Oct. 17, 1999. He graduated from the Pingry School in Elizabeth, N.J., before entering Princeton. His major was economics and he was a counselor at Princeton's summer camp for under-privileged children. Don was a member of rotc, his commission leading him to active duty in WWII. He retired from war duty as officer of the Eastern Defense Command with the rank of lt.-col. and an official commendation. After graduation, Don worked as a financial analyst in the trust department of the Fidelity Union Trust Co. of Newark for 10 years, until his WWII duty called him. After the War, in 1945, he joined the investment counsel firm of Templeton Dobbnow and Vance. He became executive v.p. and chair of the board. He retired in 1980. His directorships included those of the Investment Counselors Assn. of America, the Natl. Smoke, Fire, and Burn Institute, the Cuban-American Sugar Co., the Natl. Bank of Elizabeth, N.J., and the New York School of Interior Design.
One of the longest and most generous donors to AG, Don also showed his school spirit as pres. of the Princeton Alumni Assn. of Northern New Jersey for several years. He was an active member of his local clubs, and enjoyed membership in the Society of Colonial Wars, for which he was a former gov. for the State of New Jersey. He is survived by his wife, Jane Hawley Hawber Liddell, a son, D. Roger Brooks Liddell '67, a daughter, Jane L. Bass, and five grandchildren, two of whom graduated from Princeton.
The class offers sympathy to Don's family.
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Augustin S. Hart Jr. '37
Quaker Oats big shot, golfer, skier, and reunion enthusiast Gus Hart died Dec. 8, 1999. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Margo, sister of Bob Stuart, sons Augustin III (Chip), Douglas, and Robert, daughters Kathryn and Heather, and nine grandchildren.
At Hempstead H.S., Gus was on the tennis and golf teams. He majored in politics at Princeton, graduated with honors, and won a scholarship. He rowed for the 150-pound crew, was on the board of the Nassau Herald, and was assistant manager of Colonial Club.
His 45 years with Quaker Oats included assignments in seven countries as assistant export manager before his ROTC training landed him in the Army, with action in the airborne division in Africa, Sicily, and the European theater. He earned the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Croix de Guerre, Order of Leopold (Belgium), and the Bronze Star and Willemsorde (Holland), and ended up a lt.-col.
Back he went to Quaker Oats, spending 20 years opening up new markets in South America, Europe, and Asia. He headed up the Inter-America Foundation, which provided seed money for indigenous projects in Central and South America, and was involved in many international organizations and served on several academic boards. In 1951, he was chair of our 15th reunion entertainment committee.
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Thomas Bitting Foster '38
Tom died Dec. 25, 1999, in Seattle, of prostate cancer.
He prepared at Penn Charter, where he was active in football, track, and debating. At Princeton, he lettered in lacrosse and was a cadet major (battalion commander) in the rotc. He did three years with the football jayvees, and was a member of Charter Club.
Entering the Navy as a seaman, Tom flew from 1940-46 in various combat theaters. As a reserve, he flew and commanded a patrol plane squadron until 1956. He retired in 1960 as a full commander.
After graduating from Harvard law school in 1948, Tom selected Seattle to be the family venue. Ultimately, the 145-attorney firm of Foster, Pepper, and Shefelman dedicated the Thomas B. Foster House for homeless families. Tom was also a trustee of a number of charitable foundations.
He flew his single-engine plane in turn to the Arctic Circle and Tierra del Fuego. The family sailed their 44-foot ketch from Florida to the Aleutians. Their Seattle houseboat home was featured in Sports Illustrated.
Tom is survived by his wife of 56 years, Elizabeth "Cork", his daughters, Judy Carpenter and Becca, his sons, H. Andrews and Harold F. '77, sisters, Bobby Cummins and Mary McGulley, and five grandchildren, to whom the class extends its deepest sympathy.
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Albert Bates Wenzell '38
Al died on Jan. 2, 2000, in Burlingame, Calif., near his longtime home in Hillsborough. Born in Philadelphia on May 16, 1916, he prepared for Princeton at the Brent School, in Bagio, the Philippines, and Peddie.
He majored in history, receiving a concurrent degree from the school of public and intl. affairs, was on the lacrosse team, and was a member of Quadrangle. Bill Halsey was his roommate all four years. They first met in 1928 at Annapolis, where Al's father, Rear Admiral Louis P. Wenzell, was associated with Admiral Halsey. They remained lifelong friends.
For most of his business career, Al was associated with the W.R. Grace Co., serving in various South American port cities for 17 years and later in NYC, where he was active in Latin American trade development. He retired in 1982 as v.p. and general manager of the West Coast division of Grace's successor corporation Delta Steamship.
Al is survived by his wife, Mildred (Millie) Brown Wenzell, and by three children of his late wife, Gladys Ojeda: Albert Jr. '69, Vanessa, and Peter. His extended family includes five grandchildren, four stepdaughters, nine step-grandchildren, and one step-great-grandson. The class shares the family's loss and extends its sympathy.
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John Arnot Wilson '38
John, founder of a law firm with an extensive practice in California's high-tech Silicon Valley, died at his home in Portola Valley on Dec. 15, 1999.
He graduated from Princeton with honors in history, earned his law degree at Yale in 1941, and was first attracted to California as a Navy lt. serving as a flight instructor at Moffatt Field. Post-war, after several years as an attorney for the US Atomic Energy Commission, he returned to California, and in 1961, the present-day firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati was formed. As John noted in Fifty Years Later, the firm has participated in the emergence of the semiconductor, computer, biotech, and other high-tech businesses of the area.
John served as councilman and then mayor of Portola, on the boards of the Woodside fire district and the Santa Clara County Community Foundation, and as a director of Northern California Presbyterian Homes. He was active in the Stanford Center for Intl. Security and Arms Control (one of whose leading lights is our Wolfgang Panofsky).
John is survived by his wife, Nancy, to whom he proposed in 1957 on an oak-covered knoll where they built a home and raised their three children: Catherine, John, and Robert. He also leaves six grandchildren, a sister, Mary, and a brother, David. The class extends its deepest sympathy.
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William T. B. Carnahan '41
Bill died Oct. 9, 1998, in Milan. His widow, Elspeth Durie Carnahan, survives.
When we last heard from Bill, he reported that he was happily working with his wife on a book about early Christian art-"largely mosaic." Bill had an active career in journalism and public relations. He ran his own firm in Milan for many years.
Bill went to St. George's and majored in modern languages at Princeton, taking a one year sabbatical to travel in Mexico. His roommate was Tallman Bissell.
Other than Elspeth, his only survivor is daughter Merit. We wish we had known this talented man better.
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Louis J. Schneider Jr. '43
Louis Schneider, a former justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, died Dec. 15, 1999, of pneumonia. He was 78.
A legal scholar whose writings were praised by judges and lawyers alike, Schneider served in all three branches of government as well as the US Army for four years in WWII.
After graduating from Princeton, he went on to the U. of Cincinnati law school. From 1951-59, he served in the Ohio legislature and for the next four years as a Hamilton County commissioner.
Lou's outside interests included music, especially organ music; being an avid reader and productive writer; extensive activity in the work of the Masonic Order, in which he was a rare 33rd degree Mason; and membership in numerous civic and fraternal organizations.
His wife, the former Ann Kirkendall, preceded him in death. Survivors include daughters Carol Newitt and Nancy Rolfs, a son, Thomas, and five grandchildren.
To the entire family, we offer our deepest and most heartfelt condolences.
The Class of 1943
LeRoy E. Talcott Jr. '43
Roy died on Dec. 6, 1999, at the age of 79.
He came to Princeton on a full scholarship for academics and baseball-he still holds the all-time record for games won, 45. Later, the then Boston Braves (now Atlanta) drafted him into their organization, but a torn rotator cuff ended his budding career on the diamond, although it propelled him into his true life's work -medicine.
Roy attended Duke U. medical school, and then interned at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC.
During the Korean War, Roy served in the Navy, later to be "borrowed" by the Army for medical purposes. Following his service days, he returned to Miami and established a highly successful medical practice.
In 1963, his first wife, Josephine, perished during a tragic house fire. In 1972, Roy married the former Myrtis Ascar, with whom he had two children, Vanessa Christina and Le Roy III. They survive, along with daughter Cheryl from the first marriage.
In addition to being a gifted surgeon, Roy played scratch golf and could boast of over 4000 hours in the air as a licensed pilot. But perhaps his greatest passion was for sailing, with stories of adventures between Florida and the Bahamas.
To all the survivors of the Talcott family, we express our deepest condolences.
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Aaron B. "Sunshine" Herrick '47
Sunshine died on Jan. 22, 2000, in Scottsdale, where he had lived since 1972.
Born and raised in Tunkhannock, Pa., he graduated from Gilman before matriculating at Princeton. Sunshine received his degree and then went to graduate school at the U. of Illinois, where he got his PhD (1952) in organic chemistry.
After working for Colgate Palmolive in NYC as a senior research chemist, he joined, in 1960, the Dial Corp., where he served as research director until he retired.
Sunshine traveled extensively after retiring, and last summer he and Sue enjoyed a European trip. He was also able to share, in September, a nine-day fishing trip with his son, George.
His commitment to the Cross in the Desert United Methodist Church was extremely important to Sunshine. He served as consultant to the senior pastor, and in his memory, the Aaron B. Herrick Memorial Chapel has been established.
Sunshine had fond feelings for Princeton and was delighted to be present for the 50th.
His first wife, Lily, of 29 years, pre-deceased him. To his wife, Sue, daughter, Maria Hanser, step-daughters, Carolyn Kretchman and Kathleen Smallwood, sons, Chase and George, sister, Janet Encinas, and six grandchildren, the class extends its deepest sympathy.
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Leo Walter Cabell '49
Leo came to Princeton from Newport News H.S. after service in the Army in WWII. He was wounded in action in the Battle of the Bulge. At Princeton, he was in the Woodrow Wilson School and was a member of Dial Lodge. He was 74. He died as the result of a diving accident in Nova Scotia on Aug. 12, 1999. He attended our 50th reunion.
After graduation he earned a master's degree in library science from Rutgers. He worked at Cornell, and then went to the U. of Colorado in 1966, where he was associate director of libraries until he retired in 1990.
Leo's hobbies included skiing, hiking, and scuba diving. In retirement he enjoyed traveling and visiting friends.
There were no close surviving relatives. The class will miss him.
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Frederick Goddard Roberts '49
Fred died of cancer on Aug. 13, 1999. He was 71. He came to Princeton from St. Paul's School after service in the Navy during WWII. He was a geology major and a member and pres. of Ivy Club. He captained the hockey team our senior year and was awarded the Blackwell Cup. He was also battalion commander of the nrotc.
Shortly after graduation, he joined the CIA, where he remained for approximately 10 years, serving in Austria and Turkey. Upon leaving the CIA, he became assistant dean of Princeton's graduate school. In 1968, he became associate director of the Marine Sciences Center of SUNY-Stonybrook, where he remained until he retired in 1982. In retirement, he moved to Woodbury, Conn., and then to Washington Depot, Conn., where he and his wife became very active in the affairs of the town.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Adelaide Comstock Roberts, two daughters, Alexandra Baylies and Emily, a son, R. Brooke, and two grandchildren. The class extends it deepest sympathy to them.
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James Julian Waltke '49
Jim died Aug. 5, 1999, following a brief illness. He was 71. He entered Princeton from St. Louis Country Day School and left to finish his undergraduate degree at Washington U. in St. Louis. He later earned a master's in history from Washington U.
Jim began his career with Imperial Oil Co., developing a successful merchandising program for them. He then founded Universal Rentals Inc., and later was a partner in Fisher, Waltke, and Hagen Advertising and TopHeat Petroleum Co.
Jim was active in the Lutheran Church and was pres. of the board of governors of the Concordia Institute. He was an avid golfer and won his club championship one year.
He is survived by his wife, Susan M., a son, Louis H. II, a daughter, Leslie J., and two grandchildren. The class extends its deepest sympathy to them all.
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